Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark in “Game of Thrones,” recently spoke about her role.
Arya is one of the last remaining members of the Stark house and has since gone missing with The Hound. The series premiere showed a possible foreshadowing of how the character develops.
“I’m just so grateful that I got the opportunity to work with these people because I came in to this not having a clue what I was doing. It’s been so nice to have such fantastic influences on set there with me and to be sat opposite these fantastic actors and just to feed off of them,” Williams told DNAIndia.com.
Williams also said that “Arya is fighting for the good but the Frey guards (one of whom she killed) killed her brother and mother at the Red Wedding because he did not marry a Frey girl.”
She hinted at Arya’s darker side.
“So Robb Stark has done wrong for that to happen and they’ve been told from someone higher that that’s their job to do. So killing that Frey soldier was not necessarily the right thing to do, but she’s doing it for the good of Arya. I do feel like my character is slowly slipping into this almost more selfish side of killing people, that actually it’s more for personal pleasure at times than being the right thing to do,” Williams said.
“The first episode is a really strong one for Arya which I’m really pleased about because last year I was in the premier episode and that’s when I think audience members really connected with the character. This time round Arya is a lot more ruthless – she’s learnt a lot from the Hound.”
Regarding the next episode, HBO is hinting that a death might take place in “The Lion and the Rose” when King Joffrey gets married.
The “Game of Thrones” Season 4, episode 2, “The Lion and the Rose” will air on HBO at 9 p.m. ET Sunday.
